August 2012 T E M P L E U N I V E R S I T Y The Owls Nest T r a c k & F i e l d Y e a r i n r e v i e w S p e c i a l p o i n t s o f i n t e r e s t : Damian Myers and Louis Paris were named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference team. This year there were 44 studentathletes who had 3.0 or higher average for the year (Cont.pg 3) XC Highlights Freshman Matthew Kaycon (below) was a standout for the cross country season in that he was the top finisher for the Owls in three meets. One of those times included his finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional race. While Kaycon battled with injuries at the conference meet, sophomore Will Kellar made a move and finished 36th out of 124 competitors for the Owls. Following him (cont. pg 4) ~Women s New Records~ Freshmen Jenna Dubrow and Margo Britton made an impressive mark on the history books. Dubrow rewrote the 1500m, 3k, and 5k clocking in at 4:36.17, 10:01.14 and shattering a 30-year old time of 18:06.00 with 17:17.77, respectively. Britton took down the 30-year old shot put record of 49 01.5 with a new 51 6.5! In the discus she bettered the old record by over 10 feet with 162 03 which qualified her for the first round of the NCAA Championship. Taylor Goldsworthy shaved 10 seconds off the 3000 meter steeplechase record with a time of 11:41.44 O U T D O O R Atlantic-10 Conference Participants Alanna Owens, Andrea Butler, Frances Norton, Tonney Smith, Sarah Rutter, Brianna Alvarez, Kiersten LaRoche, Saudiah Lawrence, Margo Britton, Sarah Poserina, Stephanie Dorantes, Jenna Dubrow, Anna Pavone, Shanel Golding, Jennifer Abercrumbie, Kaitlyn McSurdy Michelle Davis Timothy, Ambrosia Iwugo, Maxine Bentzel, Tessa West, Sheina Roberts, Taylor Goldsworthy, Crystal Hercules, Issata Kenneh, Dia Dorsey, Jade Wilson, Dierdre MacFarlane, Paige White. Louis Parisi, Travis Mahoney, Alan Harding, Tim Malloy, Brian Littlepage, Geoff Barletta, Will Kellar, Dylan Pensyl, Gabe Pickett, Derek Holland, Cullen Davis, Lionel Wilson, Josh McFrazier, Phil Fanz, Alex McGee, Damian Myers, Matt Kaycon, Will Montgomery, Darryl McDuffie, Carlton Stafford, Ryan Maccie. The Sprint Medley Relay ran 3:58.55 at the Florida Relays with the team of Ambrosia Iwugo, Issata Kenneh, Michelle Davis Timothy and Tonney Smith. ~Men s New Records~ Travis Mahoney has set his own school record again this year in the 3000 meter run. At 8:20.80, Mahoney took 3.72 seconds from his former record and a full minute off of the 5k record, landing him in the books with 13:48.76. A c h i e v e m e n t s IC4A/ ECAC QUALIFIERS: 19 Event Qualifiers & 4 Relays include 4x100 (Joshua McFrazier, Dylan Pensyl, Alex McGee & Damian Myers). Josh McFazier in the 110 Hurdles. Louis Parisi-800m, McGee 100, 200m. 4x400 (Damian Myers, Lionel Wilson, Alex McGee, Alan Harding), McGee 100 and 200m, Matthew Kaycon 3k Steeplechase, Derek Holland and Gabe Pickett triple jump, Darryl McDuffie in High Jump, Brian Littlepage Discus, Harding and Wilson 400m. Women: 4x100 (Crystal Hercules, Dia Dorsey, Andrea Butler, Issata Kenneh), Kenneh 100 and 200m, 4x400 (Tessa West, Jade Wilson, Sheina Roberts, Ambrosia Iwugo). Alanna Owens Shot Put, Tessa West and Jade Wilson 400H, Tonney Smith 800m, Iwugo and Roberts 400m, Kiersten LaRoche. Long jump, Margo Britton Discus and shot put. NCAA REGIONAL QUALIFIERS: Seniors: Travis Mahoney 3k Steeplechase Juniors: Jade Wilson 400H Sophomore: Gabe Pickett Triple jump Freshmen: Derek Holland-Triple jump/ Margo Britton Discus and Shot Put/ Darryl McDuffie High Jump
P a g e 2 O w l A c h i e v e m e n t s Eyes on Owls Travis Mahoney completed his final outdoor track and field competition at the USA Olympic Team Trials. Prior to this event Mahoney finished 5th at the NCAA Championships receiving All- American status. At this race Mahoney suffered an Achilles ankle injury after stepping off a steeplechase barrier. With a maximum of 24 participants in the Olympic Trials steeplechase event and only 1 of 5 collegiate athletes, Mahoney looked forward to this moment. His Injury was obviously interfering but he pressed through the pain to finish his race. While he did not advance to the final round of competition, Mahoney embraced this rare and exciting experience. This season he returns for his final cross country and indoor track and field seasons, having earned the honor of 2012 All American and Olympic Trials participant. Indoor Atlantic 10 Margo Britton was the only first place finisher for the Owls at the women s championship in the shot put event. Following her lead were second place finishes by Iwugo in the 400 and Stephens in the 800. Third place finishers were Owens in the shot and discus, Smith in the 800, LaRoche in the pentathlon and Iwugo in the 200 meter dash. She then joined teammates Davis-Timothy, Roberts and West for 4x400 meter relay points. LaRoche also took the 5th place position for the long jump while Davis-Timothy took 7th in the 200 and 400 meters. Wilson came through with a 4th place finish in the 500 meter run and a 6th place 60 meter hurdle run while sprinter Kenneh dashed into 5th for 60 meters. Rounding up the Owls 2nd place overall finish was freshman Dubrow placing 8th in the mile event. The men s team had a couple first place finishes in senior Mahoney with the mile run and 3000 meter race. Two 2nd place finishes came by way of field eventers McDuffie and Pickett in the high jump and triple jump respectively. The 3rd place finish came in the person of McFrazier for the 60 meter hurdle then Holland and Stafford took two more spots in the triple jump placing 5th and 8th while Pensyl and Myers finished 8th for the long jump and 200m respectively. Senior, Malloy, collected points with a 4th place finish in the high jump event. The 4x800 (Davis, Barletta, Hedin, Kellar) and DMR (Davis, Wilson, Barletta, Kellar) relays took 8th while the 4x400 relay of Harding, Wilson, McGee and Myers finished 5th. McGee also took a 5th place in the 400 while Damian in the same event finished 6th.Also Kellar finished 6th for the 1000 meters while Davis took 7th in the same event. Finishing up the point total for the team was the throwing group of Littlepage and Maccie. The two grabbed points for the team in the weight throw with 6th and7th place then captured 8th and 7th places respectively in the shot put event. To top the teams successes Mahoney was named athlete of the year. Indoor ECAC & IC4A The women s ECAC 4x800 relay of Gocht, Smith, Wilson and Stephens had a 6th place finish to grab a few points for the team. The men s team had three second place finishes at the IC4A Championship. The momentum started rolling with Kellar and McFrazier qualifying for Sunday s final in the 1000 meter run and 60m hurdles. They went on to compete in the final round with season best times. Equaling this achievement in the triple jump field was Pickett who completed a rocky competition in personal best style. Outdoor IC4A & ECAC The men s team captured a 4x400 relay 8th place finish with the team of Myers, Wilson, McGee and Harding and two individual point scorers with freshman triple jumper Derek Holland in 5th and sophomore Gabe Pickett in 8th. The women, also in the 4x400 relay, scored 5th with athletes West, Iwugo, Wilson and Roberts running their fastest time of the season at 3:39.63. Wilson moved on to compete individually placing 6th in the 400 meter hurdles also running her fastest ever at 59.90
P a g e 3 O w l a c h i e v e m e n t s O u t d o o r A - 1 0 C h a m p i o n s h i p The Men s Conference Championship ended in a third place finish for the team. There were great performances like freshman Darryl McDuffie winning the high jump with a new personal best. Mahoney taking first in the 5k and steeplechase, while Kaycon and Phil Fanz took 4th and 6th in the event. Mahoney then took 2nd for the 1500m and Davis finished 6th. The men s triple jumpers Pickett, Holland and Stafford took 1st, 2nd and 6th places, respectively. Also in the field events were two 8th place finishes in the shot by Maccie and javelin by Tosto. Littlepage scored with 6th place in the hammer and 5th in discus. Completing the field event points were Malloy in high jump with a 4th place finish and long jumpers Pensyl and Wilson scoring in the 6th and 8th positions. Around the track 3rd place finishes were Malloy in the 110 hurdles and Parisi in the 800m followed by 7th place in the event for Kellar. A pair of 8th place finishes for McGee in the 100 and 200 meters then Myers placed 5th in the event while athletes Harding and Wilson finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in the 400m run. The relays also showed successes with the 4x100 relay of McFrazier, Pensyl, McGee and Myers. The 4x800 relay of Kellar, Montgomery, Davis and Parisi took 5th while the 4x400 relay completed the championship with a 1st place run to the finish with Myers, Wilson, Parisi and Harding. The Athlete of the year turned up as Mahoney. The Women s Conference team earned a second place overall finish with a pair of first place finishes for freshman Britton, in both the shot put and discus throw. Senior Owens snatched 2nd in the shot and just missed placing in the discus. Also in the field events, LaRoche just missed placing in the triple jump while taking third in the long jump event. She also made a tremendous effort in the heptathlon with a 2nd place finish while teammate Alverez took 8th in the event. On the track were many firsts for the program, such as in the 100m dash. Temple placed 5th and 7th with Kenneh and Butler. Gathering more points, Kenneh went on to the 200 meters with a 3rd place finish followed by Iwugo in 4th. Iwugo was a tough competitor in the 400 meters finishing 2nd while fellow runner Roberts placed 7th. Smith in the 800 ran to a 3rd place finish along with Wilson in the 400 hurdles while West finished in 7th place position. Finally for individuals Wilson also placed 5th in the 100 meter hurdles. A 7th place finish in the 4x800 relay of Roberts, Dubrow, White and Smith was followed by 3rd in the 4x100 relay group of sprinters Hercules, Dorsey, Butler and Kenneh. The culmination of the relays were the 4x400 team of West, Wilson, Roberts and Iwugo finishing third. 44 H a t s o f f t o O u r S c h o l a r s : 3. 0 a n d a b o v e Y e a r l y g. p. a Jennifer Abercrumbie, Geoffrey Barletta, Maxine Bentzel, Jennifer Berman, Kelly Broadbent, Kiersten Brown, Kevin Caporiccio, Tyrece Clayton, Hollis Coleman, Cullen Davis, Michelle Davis-Timothy, Gennie Depass, Dia Dorsey, Jenna Dubrow, Phil Fanz, Karrie Finn, Katherine Frank, Victoria Gocht, Taylor Goldsworthy, Crystal Hercules, Derek Holland, Matthew Kaycon, William Kellar, Rayna Kratchman, Kiersten LaRoche, Saudiah Lawrence, Ryan Maccie, Deirdre MacFarlane, Travis Mahoney, Timothy Malloy, Kaitlyn McSurdy, Damian Myers, France Norton, Alan Owens, Louis Parisi, Anna Pavone, Sarah Poserina, Samantha Shepard, Amy Stansbury, Tyler Robinson, Carlton Stafford, Tessa West, Brittany Weston, Elizabeth-Paige White. Success requires your maximum effort. Be successful. NCAA First Round This time around, five competitors made it from the Temple team to the East Regional meet. Among the five was the lone female and freshman standout Margo Britton who competed in both shot put and discus events. Other freshman included high jumper Darryl McDuffie and triple jumper Derek Holland. Sophomore Gabe Pickett also competed in the triple jump event while senior Travis Mahoney compete in the steeplechase event. Placing 8th overall, Mahoney was able to move on to the final round of competition in Des Moines, Iowa. NCAA Championship Mahoney competed at Drake University Stadium in the final championship. After having the experience of competing last year, he learned how compete on this level. As runners pulled away from him, Mahoney maintained his focus and stayed calm as he ran into the 5th place finish. His finish makes him Temple s first First Team All American. He went on yet again to his final stop of the season at the USA Olympic team trials in Eugene Oregon. (See pg 2 Eyes on Owls)
P a g e 4 N a t i o n a l S p o t l i g h t Cullen Davis The freshman of the Temple Owls track and field teams made history, bringing five individual qualifiers to the Junior National Meet. Dubrow, showed great promise from the cross country season through indoor and into the outdoor season. Her 3000k and 5000k races qualified her for the meet where she finished 11th and 15th, respectively. Kaycon s steeplechase effort placed him 15th as well, while Davis (left) placed 14th Derek Holland in the 1500m run, only three seconds away from his personal best of the season. In the field events, Holland, (right) who made huge leaps and qualified for the first round of the NCAA championships, finished only 6 cm from his personal best in the triple jump placing 7th overall. A big throw for 6th, Britton who also competed in the NCAA first round, finished 14th in the young women s Shot put and Discus throw events respectively. The fresh- man did an outstanding job this year and show great promise of more to come. XC Highlights (Cont from pg. 1) USA Olympic Trials Travis Mahoney and Coach Shameka Marshall faired well at the 2012 Olympic Trials held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Out of the 24 competitors in the long jump event, Marshall s first attempt qualified her for the next round of jumps two days later. With only half the competitors remaining, and given three more jumps Marshall was at it again. She made it through this round and the field was shortened yet again to only 8 athletes. This group would determine who would make the top 3 for the American team in the London Olympics. Marshall s final three jumps did not improve as she remains top 8 in the US for 5 plus years. Marshall was grateful for the opportunity and is rooting for friends and former teammates who are in London. (Mahoney s Story see Pg. 2) was Ben Thomas, Philip Fanz, Geoff Barletta and freshman Cullen Davis who stepped up to solidify the teams 10th place finish overall. The Owls bettered their efforts by placing 5th out of 16 teams at the IC4A Regional meet. Leading the way was Kellar in 16th place followed by Thomas, Kaycon, Fanz and Barletta. The Women s Cross Country team was led by newcomer Jenna Dubrow beginning the first meet in record-setting fashion. This marked the highest place finish for an Owl in 38 years at this meet. The team commanded 32nd place overall with sophomores Taylor Goldsworthy and Erin Casey following Dubrow. The trend continued at the Atlantic 10 Championship where Dubrow took first, followed by Anna Pavone and Goldsworthy. Another record-setting run at the ECAC championship, as the Owls had their highest placement in the program s history, placing 15th. Dubrow led the pack for the 6th time of the season, while strong finishers Goldsworthy and Dorantes completed the top three. Temple Alumni (Detach this portion) Update the Owls Nest on what you are doing. We d love to hear from you. Name (First / Last): Good News & Accomplishments:
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